ANZAC DAY: LEST WE FORGET - Gladstone Regional Art Gallery

Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum
Guided Tours • Historical Information • Competitions • Educational Resources • Kids Fun Days • Bus Subsidies
GLADSTONE REGIONAL
ART GALLERY & MUSEUM:
• Local, touring and collection based historical and art exhibitions changing every 4 - 6 weeks
2015 CELEBRATE
AUSTRALIA:
PRIMARY SCHOOL
ART COMPETITION
2015 INTERCITY IMAGES:
GLADSTONE SAIKI
PHOTOGRAPHIC EXCHANGE
Above: 2015 Section Two finalist,
Logan Rule, The Owl (detail), 2014
Above: 2014 Gladstone selected image, Old Tank by Zachary
Jephson, Ambrose State School, age 8
In conjunction with Gladstone
Regional Council’s Australia
Day celebrations, entries were
called from the region’s young
artists to celebrate ‘who and
what make Australia great’.
Commemorative postcards of
the six prize winning works
to be given away during the
exhibition.
entry form available online
due 4pm, Saturday 28 February 2015
Photographers of the Gladstone Region
were invited to capture the spirit of
Central Queensland’s lifestyle, people and
environment for this annual photographic
exchange between residents living in the
Gladstone Region and Saiki City, Japan.
Entries were open to all residents in the
Gladstone Region, of any age or ability.
All
Gladstone
Region
entries
are
displayed in this exhibition with thirty
selected to be enlarged and sent
to Japan for display in June 2015.
A Gladstone Saiki Sister City Advisory
Committee
initiative,
supported
by
Gladstone Regional Council.
THE ELAINE AND JIM
WOLFENSOHN GIFT BLUE CASE: TECHNOLOGY
GOLDING SHOWCASE:
PORT CURTIS CALLIDE VALLEY
YOUTH ART EXHIBITION
Above: Allen Craigie, Fresh Water
Springs, 2014, ochre and glue on
board, 1240 x 815mm
Collection: Gladstone Regional Art
Gallery & Museum
Above: Karl Lawrence Millard, Lizard grinder, 2000,
brass, bronze, copper, sterling silver, money metal,
Peugeot mechanism, stainless steel screws, National
Gallery of Australia
Above: 2014 People’s Choice Winner, Katelyn Dalley, Year 12, Gladstone
State High School with her artwork, Still
Image: E.H Gallaher
In collaboration with
National NAIDOC Week
(5 - 12 July 2015), a
selection of paintings
and
artists
prints
from the permanent
collection will be on
display in conjunction
with artworks by local
Murri artists.
A National Gallery of Australia
HANDS-ON touring exhibition
enabling
people,
including
small children, those living with
disabilities or special needs and
the elderly, the opportunity to
discover museum quality works of
art, thanks to the 1988 donation
from Jim Wolfensohn.
The Blue Case: Technology,
showcases the works of six
contemporary Australian artists
and designers. The works focus
on function, innovative design and
construction.
ARTS NAIDOC 2015
OUR PRICELESS PAST
2015: ORAL HISTORIES
AND MEMORABILIA
• Entry to the Gallery & Museum is always FREE
• Gladstone Town Hall Historical Tour available • Personalised group activity sheets • Exhibition related education resources and kits
• Bus subsidies available from the Gladstone
Regional Art Gallery & Museum Society
• Wheelchair and pram friendly
• Undercover courtyard space for meal time breaks
• Join the Gallery & Museum’s mailing list online
to stay up to date with the latest exhibitions
MAKE A GROUP BOOKING
WITH US TODAY!
Suggested visit length: 45 minutes - 1 hour
OPEN: 10am - 5pm, Monday to Saturday
CLOSED: Public holidays as advised
Cnr Goondoon & Bramston Sts,
Gladstone QLD 4680
PHONE: (07) 4976 6766
FAX: (07) 4972 9097
EMAIL: [email protected]
http://gallerymuseum.gladstonerc.qld.gov.au
28 February - 28 March
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23 May - 11 July
Selected works in all media by young artists
15 - 18 years of age.
Visitors to the exhibition are encouraged to
vote for their favourite artwork. The ‘People’s
Choice’ artwork will be announced at the
exhibitions conclusion and will become the
face of all publicity materials for the 2016
exhibition.
Running annually for 21 years, this exhibition
is a Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum
Society program, initiated by the late Society
patron, Mr Cyril Golding (1920 - 2012).
Above: 2014 Special Senior Betty Burns with
Jaime Holzberger from Chanel College
Image: Di Paddick
Featuring the stories of local
Special Seniors, prepared and
presented by a local partnering
school’s students, to celebrate
National Seniors Week.
A Gladstone Regional Art Gallery
& Museum initiative, held in
conjunction with The Observer
and Ergon Energy.
29 August - 10 September
24 August - 3 October
DISCLAIMER:
Information included
was correct at time
of printing, however
is subject to change
at any time.
7 August - 3 September
7 March - 11 April
OTHER 2015 EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS INCLUDE
A community cultural initiative of the Gladstone Regional Council
Within A Flash - Sculptures by Daniel Templeman (6 March - 9 May) • 10 Years of Friends...In Art (7 March - 11 April) • Jemima Wyman: Pattern Bandits on Tour (11 April)
Cream: Four Decades of Australian Art (18 April - 20 June) • Reflections of Yesteryear (16 May - 20 June) • Bimblebox: Art - Science - Nature (26 June - 15 August)
ACO Virtual (11 July - 8 August) • Curtis Coast Literary Carnivale: “Bark Bark Bark” by Terry Denton (18 July - 22 August) • Saltwater Country (15 August - 3 October)
ANZAC DAY: LEST WE FORGET
CENTENARY OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR
2015 S a i k i
C hildren ' s D ay
A tribute to the Australian and New Zealand
(ANZAC) defence forces for their support with
Great Britain during the Great War - World
War I. Photographs and memorabilia from local
families together with those from the Gladstone
RSL and Gladstone Regional Art Gallery &
Museum collections.
A Gladstone Saiki Sister City Advisory Committee
initiative, modelled on Japan’s centuries old annual
Children’s Day, offering primary school aged children of
the Gladstone Region a glimpse into the lives of their
peers in Japan, through a variety of hands-on craft
activities.
Bookings are essential as spaces are limited.
OFFICIAL LAUNCH:
11am, Wednesday 22 April 2015
2015 SAIKI CHILDREN’S DAY:
10am - 1pm, Friday 26 June 2015
RSVP BY:
5pm, Friday 17 April 2015
ON DISPLAY:
21 February - 16 May 2015
Left: Bayonet
Fighting and
Physical Training
Squad, c.1916
Collection: Oriel
Woodman
RSVP BY:
5pm, Friday 5 June 2015
AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC:
Friday 26 June - Saturday 4 July 2015
Left: Gallery &
Museum Volunteer,
Kim Scrimshaw, with
Yr 6 South Gladstone
State School student,
John Hellmuth, at Saiki
Children’s Day 2014
Image: Di Paddick
2015 Rio Tinto Alcan
Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards
The 40th annual Art Awards, supported by
local industry, business and the community,
open to all artists 15 years and over.
FOUR SECTIONS OF ENTRY:
Section 1:
Section 2:
Section 3:
Section 4:
Easel Paintings
Works on Paper
Three Dimensional & Fibre Works
Digital Works
CALLING FOR SUBMISSIONS:
10am - 5pm, 8, 9 and 10 October 2015
AWARDS PRESENTATION:
6pm, Saturday 17 October 2015
NB: Youth Emergent Artist Award
(15 - 25 years): $1500
Left: 2014 Rio Tinto
Alcan Martin Hanson
Memorial Art Awards
Image: Chrissy Harris
Photography